Featuring: It takes a Muscle to fall in love by Spectral Display
[Michel Mulders/Henri Overduin]

Prins

FEATURE FILM DIRECTED AND WRITTEN
BY SAM DE JONG - Premiere at the Berlinale

“Sam de Jong has a remarkable talent and is an extremely promising
director and film-maker,” said Sjoerd Raaijmakers of VICE Media
Benelux. De Jong, who has previously directed documentaries, music
videos and commercials added: “Last year we could only dream of
premiering at the Berlinale and now we’re opening the Generation 14+
competition, so you can only imagine how excited we are.

Song: "It Takes a Muscle to Fall in Love" by Spectral Display
Film: "Simon Killer"
This 1982 track (later reinterpreted by M.I.A.) serves as a theme song
of sorts for the titular deranged protagonist, Simon (Brady Corbet).
Don't let the laid-back nature of the track fool you; Simon's not an
easy-going guy

Simon
Killer / France, U.S.A. 2012 [Director and screenwriter: Antonio Campos] - A
recent college graduate goes to Paris after breaking up with his
girlfriend of 5 years. Onve there, he falls in love with a young
prostitue and their fateful journey begins. Cast Brady Corbet, Mati
Diop, Constance Rousseau, Michael Abiteboul.

The original
version of 'It
Takes A Muscle To Fall In Love' is used in the movie
Simon Killer, during it's impressive opening, shot in
Paris, leading to the introduction of the main character, Brady Corbet.

M.I.A. performes live 'It Takes a Muscle' BBC2

On
november 3,
2010, M.I.A. performed
her cover of Spectral Display's 'It Takes a Muscle' along with
members of ska greats 'The Specials', in UK's music program 'Later With Jools Holland', BBC2

Covered by superstar M.I.A. , nominated for an Academy Award, a Grammy
Award and a BRIT award and winner of two ASCAP PRS Awards and a BET
Award, has covered this 80's hit by Spectral Display. The song is on her album MAYA, wich was released on July 13, 2010. The album MAYA, has reached number one on the US Dance charts, and has climbed to number 9 in the US Album Top 200.

M.I.A.
has just added ‘It Takes A Muscle' to her set list. She has been
performing a REMIX of ‘It Takes A Muscle' in The Barton Hall in New
York on the 3rd of October.

M.I.A.
will be performing the 25th of November in Paradiso Amsterdam &
26th of November STRP Festival, one of the largest art and technology
(e-culture) festival in Europe which melts music, art and technology
[Eindhoven].

Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam,
(born 17 July 1977 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of
Sri Lankan descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native
Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in
militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family
was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. “M.I.A.” [“Missing In Action”] references both her London neighborhood (Acton) and her politically tumultuous youth.

Her
style contains elements of hip-hop, reggae, alternative, dance hall,
electro and baile funk and is strongly inspired by her Sri Lankan
background.

"‘It Takes A Muscle' Maya's
answer to 'Paper Planes', this sunny reggae number is pretty much
impossible to dislike - the immediacy of its lyrics, maggot -melody and
squelchy instrumentation remind us of nothing so much as severly
unerrated Vampire Weekend side-project Discovery".

"‘It
Takes A Muscle’. This one’s a total departure, sounding like reggae if
it was recorded in space. The most skewed pop song you’ll have heard
this year, if not ever. And yet, it sounds completely appropriate".

"'It
Takes A Muscle' is a sweet little dub raggae number about finding love.
It's a welcomed stretch for M.I.A. to go soft and the track benefits
from the departure".

"One of
album’s best tracks 'It Takes A Muscle', (produced by Diplo, a cover of
Spectral Display’s single of the same name), has Arulpragasam singing
“It takes a muscle to fall in love,” over soft pop reggae. Any pop star
of the last 30 years could have written and sung that line (and, you
know, someone did). But when it comes out of M.I.A’s mouth, suddenly it
sounds surprising. We get only glimpses of M.I.A. the unapologetic pop
star, and they’re more convincing than anyone would have expected five
years ago".

It takes A Muscle re-edited in a soul pop way:

"Frenchmen Rove Dogs and Jeff Lasson, are back together as Get A Room
with a re-rub of a 80's Dutch gem (sung in English), out on their
lovely Small Time Cuts label. They've got the inimitable Trevor Jackson
on sexy sleeve design duty and once again a very limited 500 copies
will be available .This isn't going to hang around the shops for long
as it's a great Cosmo Balearo Pop crate find and a great edit. If your
a collector and/or a left field DJ, I reckon you'll want this, it's
already gotten some good responses from Andrew Lovefingers, Damon
Martin at Disco Bloodbath and James Murphy... check it!"

"Classic synth pop from Dutch Spectral Display, is here re-edited in a soul pop way by the Parisian duo GET A ROOM!

This
vibrante re-edit should give the smile to most of the dancefloors an
this is exactly waht happened at Le Baron last week when James Murphy
played it at 5h30 in the morning as a first 'encooore' song, once they
cut the music. After being under the mental techno not so adapted to
this club - inflected by Gary Russom and his buddies, within 5 measures
the whole Baron has bounced, danced, smiled and clapped it hands, James
seemed happy, so we were. Icing on the sleeve, the label design has
brilliantly been taken over by Trevor Jackson".

More news:

Finally, after writing for other artists, Spectral Display re-grouped to create some exciting new tracks! And here are the first in a series of new songs: